Publishing Tax Records to cease.

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:00 am

This will at least shut up one of the biggest gripes on Phil's bog..

Reijo Aarnio, Finland's data protection ombudsman, took the issue to court as a breach of journalistic integrity. The Supreme Administrative Court has asked the the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a precedent on the issue.

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raamv · Post by **raamv** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:58 pm

I think its more a question of from when?

Post by **neil** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:01 pm

The issue came to the forefront when Veropörssi, a Satakunta-based company that publishes tax information, listed over a million individuals' tax records and then sold them to directory services firm Fonecta, which in turn sold the information on to customers via text message.

I find it preposterous that such information is even allowed to be sold in the first place.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:07 pm

Well, tax information is "public records"... actually if you read Mrs Alex Tweedie, she commented on the very same issue in 1897!
(I need to find the passage, its so delicious)

So what are you whining about white man, nobody told you, ancient history everybody knows

Post by **neil** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:32 pm

Hank W. wrote:Well, tax information is "public records"... actually if you read Mrs Alex Tweedie, she commented on the very same issue in 1897!
(I need to find the passage, its so delicious)

So what are you whining about white man, nobody told you, ancient history everybody knows

Placing this information into the public domain is a separate argument.

The question I am asking: Is private sector profiteering of government tax records ethically correct? Having read the article, I personally don't like way in which this information can 'sold wholesale' to the highest bidder.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:40 pm

Well the government has been put on a "profit" course since the recession. We're not in Kekkoslovakia no more.

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:50 am

Even in capitalistic kekkoslovakia..if you pay a nominal amount of 20$ per year, yu can get anyone's personal data on file from a private company..
whether in the US or in the CRC(China) or India..Money talks..
but here..its a little cheaper for the neighbors!!

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